diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md
index c5406e183c39..ac0e6a2d6031 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md
@@ -317,6 +317,8 @@
 
 - Package `pash` was removed due to being archived upstream. Use `powershell` as an alternative.
 
+- The option `services.plausible.releaseCookiePath` has been removed: Plausible does not use any distributed Erlang features, and does not plan to (see [discussion](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/130297#issuecomment-1805851333)), so NixOS now disables them, and the Erlang cookie becomes unnecessary. You may delete the file that `releaseCookiePath` was set to.
+
 - `security.sudo.extraRules` now includes `root`'s default rule, with ordering
   priority 400. This is functionally identical for users not specifying rule
   order, or relying on `mkBefore` and `mkAfter`, but may impact users calling